Joaquin Torres
CA · Assessor-Recorder, City and County of San Francisco
Former director of San Francisco's Office of Economic and Workforce Development and of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services. Priorities: modernizing records systems and online services, and expanding free financial-empowerment and estate-planning resources.
Where Joaquin Torres stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Launched a San Francisco property-records portal allowing users to search property information by address or parcel number and access basic records online.
March 16, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: sfchronicle.com
Reported that the Office of the Assessor-Recorder supported more than 40,000 customers, launched new online tools for public-record and marriage-certificate requests, and launched Phase 1.0 of a property-assessment system modernization.
December 31, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: sf.gov
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Was elected San Francisco Assessor-Recorder in the February 15, 2022 special election, receiving 99.91% of the final-round vote in the certified results.
February 15, 2022
Source: sfelections.org
Was sworn in as San Francisco Assessor-Recorder after Mayor London Breed appointed him to the office, succeeding Carmen Chu.
February 8, 2021
Source: sanfrancisco.granicus.com
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
The San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance Task Force found Assessor-Recorder Joaquín Torres, Aydin Salim Kayali, and the Office of the Assessor-Recorder violated Administrative Code section 67.25(a) by failing to respond to two immediate-disclosure requests by the required deadline.
September 3, 2025
Source: sunshine.archive.sf.gov
Past race Joaquin Torres ran in:
- Assessor-Recorder · November 3, 2026 · San Francisco County, California · incumbent